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NASCAR - Charlotte - results: 1 Harvick; 2 Kahne; 3 Kurt Busch; 4 Hamlin; 5 Logano; 6 Newman; 7 Stewart; 8 Bowyer; 9 Truex; 10 Ambrose.
Crash
NASCAR - Charlotte: More trouble just after the restart, as Jimmie Johnson spins off Turn 4 and triggers a pile-up involving Juan Pablo Montoya, Matt Kenseth and Paul Menard.
Red flag
NASCAR - Charlotte: Big crash at Turn 1 featuring Mark Martin, Aric Almirola, Jeff Gordon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Bobby Labonte.
All drivers are unhurt, but race is red-flagged for debris to be cleared.
All drivers are unhurt, but race is red-flagged for debris to be cleared.
Quote
NASCAR - Charlotte: Kyle Busch: "I thought we were about a fourth or fifth place car tonight but it was a catastrophic engine failure. It seems to be that time of year."
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Charlotte: Drama as a hugely frustrated Kyle Busch's engine fails while running third. Dale Earnhardt Jr blows up on the same lap, and Greg Biffle, Travis Kvapil and Dave Blaney hit the wall after losing control on the spilt oil.
Crash
NASCAR - Charlotte: A bizarre interruption as the race is red-flagged for 20 minutes after a TV cable camera falls across the track and damages several cars. Back underway on lap 131.
Green flag
NASCAR - Charlotte: Kyle Busch attacks Kasey Kahne on the restart and gets the place after two laps side by side. But his advantage is shortlived, as Kahne soon repasses him for the lead.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Charlotte: First caution of the race comes on lap 69 and is for debris, Kahne had been leading by five seconds, with Kyle Busch now his nearest challenger.
NASCAR - Charlotte: Kasey Kahne is in control at present. He took the lead from Matt Kenseth after 29 laps, and has moved 4s clear following the first round of pitstops.
NASCAR - Charlotte: Change up front on lap seven as Matt Kenseth takes the lead from Denny Hamlin.
Straight onto Kenseth's tail is Kasey Kahne. The Hendrick man was quickest in practice but became ill over the weekend and had to visit the medical centre for treatment this morning.
Straight onto Kenseth's tail is Kasey Kahne. The Hendrick man was quickest in practice but became ill over the weekend and had to visit the medical centre for treatment this morning.
NASCAR - Charlotte: Polesitter Denny Hamlin maintains his advantage through the early laps, ahead of Matt Kenseth and Kurt Busch.
Green flag
NASCAR - Charlotte: Green flag, 400 laps and 600 miles of racing get underway.
NASCAR - Charlotte: Cars are off on the parade laps. Danica Patrick, Trevor Bayne and Joe Nemechek will all drop to the rear having made engine changes since qualifying.
NASCAR - Charlotte: Pre-race ceremonies well underway at Charlotte. National anthem today sung by Robin Meade. A quick Wikipedia visit reveals that she is a news anchor, country music singer and author of a book entitled Morning Sunshine!: How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too
NASCAR - Charlotte: Qualifying took place way back on Thursday, when Denny Hamlin took his first pole position since returning from his Fontana back injuries.
NASCAR - Charlotte: The final race of the weekend is about to get underway, NASCAR's 600-mile epic at Charlotte
Yellow flag
Indianapolis 500: Rahal hits the wall and brings out the yellows with a handful of laps remaining. The last 30 laps have been crazy; dread to think what the restart will be like. Hunter-Reay leads from Kanaan.
Indianapolis 500: Giving up on keeping track of who is in the lead for now, as the top five positions are swapping constantly. For the next few mins, just assume that the leader is Allmendinger, Hunter-Reay, Andretti, Viso or Kanaan. Top Honda at the moment is Dixon in P10. Dario? Nowhere.
Indianapolis 500: Allmendinger needed to pit early after his seat belt came undone(!). Since then we've had a bunch of pitstops, and Andretti is P1. Also, at lap 129 of 200, we've already broken the record for the number of lead changes in the Indy 500. Current count is at 38.
Indianapolis 500: Hold the front page: AJ Allmendinger is leading, and on merit. Also worth noting that Servia is currently P7 - it would be nice to see Panther DRR get a good result in what looks like being its final race for the year.
Indianapolis 500: 75 laps in and we've already had 24 lead changes. Will Power's now P1.
Yellow flag
Indianapolis 500: Sato spins coming out of Turn 2. He avoided the wall and is running again. Most of the field pits.
Indianapolis 500: We're back underway after another caution, this time caused by Saavedra making contact with another car and trashing his wishbone. You'd have known about it earlier were it not for a minor internet meltdown. Andretti leads.
British F3 - Silverstone: Bryant-Meisner wins. King couldn't get the gap below 1.0s. Buller 3rd from Mardenborough, Latifi, Guimaraes (who took a drive-through penalty). Jones completes National Class hat-trick.
Green flag
Indianapolis 500: Great restart from Tony Kanaan, who went from fifth to second in one lap. He, Andretti and Carpenter are now fighting for the lead, with Andretti P1 on lap 13.
Yellow flag
Indianapolis 500: Hildebrand's accident looks like driver error - he simply lost the rear and wasn't able to catch it. James Jakes and Katherine Legge both pit, and Charlie Kimball - who has a misfire in the car and a minor illness - will also pit on this lap.
Crash
Indianapolis 500: JR Hildebrand's Indy 500 ends with a single car crash at Turn 2 on the third lap. He's OK, and the race is under caution. Carpenter leading.
Green flag
Indianapolis 500: Green flag!
British F3 - Silverstone: Guimaraes is fourth but has drive-through penalty. Track limits
Indianapolis 500:Command given to start engines! Green flag is a couple of minutes away.
British F3 - Silverstone: King catching JBM at 0.2 per lap, but will he settle for maximum points?
British F3 - Silverstone: at 2 laps it's JBM from King and Buller. Serralles out after clash with Buller.
British F3 - Silverstone: Revelation of the weekend has been Sean Gelael, who at 16 years and six months has become British F3's youngest podium finisher of all time. He starts this one P4.
British F3 - Silverstone: was good to see ex-F1 racer Alex Ribeiro in paddock today, supporting Felipe Guimaraes. Of course, AUTOSPORT nabbed him for a forthcoming Race of my Life...
British F3 Silverstone: Cars forming on grid for final race of weekend. Questions are: how will Bryant-Meisner do from pole with 15kg extra; can King (2nd) get it off the line; and can Buller (3rd) extend his points lead.
British F3 - Silverstone: Giovinazzi takes maiden F3 win from Buller, Gelael, Serralles, Latifi, King and Calderon. Jones wins National Class again.
By: Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, Sam Tremayne, Pablo Elizalde, Charles Bradley, Mark Glendenning, Marcus Simmons
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